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Skriven 2014-08-06 22:26:15 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 15507 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: Mother's day dinner
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>> And I haven't been putting up for quite a while...

 RH> I've been putting stuff up off and on most of the time we've been
 RH> married. Some years I do more than others, some years not any but
 RH> other years, a good bit. One year I started with green beans in May and
 RH> ended with sweet potatoes in November with tomatoes, peaches and other
 RH> stuff in between.

 NB> I did a lot, canning and freezing, when we were first married... Did
 NB> it for quite a few years before things got too hectic with one thing
 NB> and
 NB> another... and the putting up got sidetracked...

I like knowing what I'm eating is something I made, from ingredients
I've grown, know the source of, etc. No chemicals or preservatives
either.

 NB>  RH>> It can be done but does take some prior planning. Easier to cook
 NB> in a  RH>> camp environment than a home one without a microwave tho.
 NB>  NB>> At least one already has one's mind working on alternatives...
 NB> just  NB>> like knowing that one won't have a bake oven, so planning
 NB> stove-top  NB>> meals for the duration...  :)

 RH> Been there, done that. Definately a challenge to cooking creativity.

 NB> Or an incentive to get into a yearly rut...  (G)

We've done a bit of that. Haven't been camping in quite a while,
actually donated some of our stuff to a Boy Scout troop in GA that had
their stuff stolen. Kept the stove, lantern and sleeping bags, JIC.

 NB> problem... where we  NB>> used to go all the time, the gas stoves in
 NB> the trailers had a nice low  NB>> flame at the bottom of the dial...
 NB> :)

 RH> Sounds like a diffuser is the way to go then. We've had one for so
 RH> long I've forgotten where we picked it up. It definately pre dates
 RH> Steve's enlistment (February of 1983) tho. More helpful with gas
 RH> stoves than electric but I keep it, hoping some day I'll have another
 RH> gas stove.

 NB> I'll have to try to remember to get one, I guess... Dunno if we'll be
 NB> going back to this particular campground again for sure, but there
 NB> does seem to be a fairly good likelihood of it... Apparently it's the
 NB> only
 NB> state park that has the cabins and the tent/camper sites in close

Sounds like it's the favorite for your large family tho. At this stage
of the game, we'd probably go for the cabins more than tents. The body
is getting too old and decrepit for the latter.

 NB> proximity to each other...  I've no need of a diffuser normally, as I
 NB> have an electric stove that works just fine for me...

No, but keeping one with your camping gear might not be a bad idea.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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